# I've changed my mind **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 18, 2022, 11:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021 "2022-04-18T23:46:29Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![lissener](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lissener/32/6139_2.png) [@lissener](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lissener)\ **Post date:** [April 19, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/21 "2022-04-19T19:29:25Z")
When K was a teenager I thought Stephen King was the best writer, like, evarrr. Now I recognize him as a sadistic, misanthropic hack whose work makes the world a little worse than it would be without it. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/22 "2022-04-20T15:12:04Z")
In the 70s, I thought Fleetwood Mac and Journey were awful, awful bands, the worst kind of schlock. Now I like them both quite a bit, “Rumours” in particular. ---
**Author:** ![Thudlow\_Boink](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thudlow_boink/32/320_2.png) [@Thudlow\_Boink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thudlow_Boink)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/23 "2022-04-20T15:51:20Z")
> [@Maserschmidt](#): > > In the 70s, I thought Fleetwood Mac and Journey were awful, awful bands, the worst kind of schlock. I might say something similar about the Bee Gees or ABBA. I still don’t consider myself a fan, but I can appreciate them a lot more now that I’m not hearing them on the radio all the damn time. ---
**Author:** ![EastUmpqua](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eastumpqua/32/6025_2.png) [@EastUmpqua](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EastUmpqua)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/24 "2022-04-20T16:03:05Z")
Thirty years ago I thought I was lucky to have a company that would hire me. Now, I think _they’re_ lucky to have _me_. Said with a grin. ---
**Author:** ![Moriarty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/moriarty/32/49_2.png) [@Moriarty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moriarty)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/25 "2022-04-20T16:49:04Z")
When I was younger I thought a career as a lawyer - even if grueling - would at least leave you financially well off. I’m disappointed to have changed my mind. ---
**Author:** ![CairoCarol](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cairocarol/32/3825_2.png) [@CairoCarol](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CairoCarol)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/26 "2022-04-20T17:05:24Z")
I used to be opposed to the draft, for pacifistic reasons. Now I think it’s far more moral to have universal service requirements. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/27 "2022-04-20T17:50:55Z")
I used to be very uneasy around gay people, while never hating them. Now I’ve met and gotten to know many, including a childhood friend who didn’t come out until he was in college, and I’m totally cool with him and them. I used to be very harsh in my outlook on criminal defendants. Now I have a much better appreciation of how background and environment can shape someone, how little prison actually reforms anyone, and I’m not nearly so eager to see prison time imposed in any but violent crime or high-level drug-dealing cases. I’ve also come to oppose capital punishment, because of its expense, erratic imposition and the unavoidable risk of an innocent person being executed. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2022, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021/28 "2022-04-20T18:09:05Z")
> [@burpo\_the\_wonder\_mutt](#): > > # [I’ve changed my mind](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021) > > I hope this one works. 🤪 That’s the first thing that came to… erm, mind. An alternate response is: ‘I hope this one’s clean!’ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ive-changed-my-mind/963021.md?page=1)